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Can see another week of carnage. Sorry...

Keep up the social commentary..very amusingly said but also true..

Sold whilst still in profit. Sad day...gl all.
Should perhaps cut my losses and sell everything else..?

I give up...all is rosy ....

Global stock markets have crashed, with trading even briefly suspended in the US, as worries over the coronavirus crisis intensify amid a collapse in oil prices.
The FTSE 100 saw more than £130bn wiped from the value of its constituent companies within minutes on Monday morning as the latest sell-off began in Europe following sharp falls in Asia overnight.
The nightmare start to the week came as the price of Brent crude fell to near $30 a barrel, to record its worst daily plunge in percentage terms since the build-up to the 1991 Gulf War - hitting levels not seen since early 2016.
It was blamed on Saudi Arabia starting a price war with Russia following their failure last week to agree a deal to curb output and help stabilise prices - hit by a plunge in demand because of the COVID-19 outbreak.
The dive in stock market values over the past fortnight also reflects fears that measures to contain the virus - such as factory shutdowns and restrictions on movement - will cripple global economic growth.

You make me chuckle... on the 6th you said... “The Chinese Government is within days of lifting the quarantine in Hubei as the number of new cases has plummeted. The end is in sight!” Really ? Ever heard of Italy?
Yeah, the massive drop in the stock market over the last few weeks is really good news. Pensions wiped by 15- 20 %, savings interest rates will be further reduced, homeowners will be unlikely to get the benefit of a rate reduction , heading towards a world recession. Apart from yours everyone else’s stocks and shares appear to be dropping..
MAYBE ITS JUST ME.. yep I think it is just you!

Oil crisis and Corona. This is not a one day wonder. Topping up or buying even at these levels is very risky ! Wait till they announce a world recession...it’s coming.. on the bright side petrol should drop by a couple of pence per gallon.. hehe...

My sentiments exactly. Have cash in the bank ready to invest but do not see an upside in the near term . Everything I have looked at recently has continued to fall so will just sit it out at the moment. Possibly heading for a world recession so these prices at the moment could be very expensive. These are unprecedented times!

Prelim results were the 14 March last year so should be in and around that date. Not sure if there is anything of substance to report ? Hopefully making more than it’s spending.
Going to invest in rubber gloves and pot noodles... nothing to do with Coronavirus just a fetish :-)

Hi Kern,
Been in a state of shock for the past few days... haha...in the opinion box above they need to add another few options such as ‘help’ and the telephone number for the
Samaritans..
I have been sitting on a lump of cash for a couple of months looking for a good home but luckily did not commit to anything. I think this is going to get a lot worse over the coming months as the markets are going to get dragged down by the poor performance of our major and minor companies .... I am perhaps just going to drip feed into my stocks and shares Isa’s come April. They were performing well until recently but caution is perhaps the key . As for Oxford I will wait and see what direction it takes and see whether it can live up to all the past hype. It has been very quiet and new contracts are scarce on the ground ! I can’t bring myself to top up either. Strange times ahead.

Can the Ftse make any headway on the the back of it ?

With the recent carnage it’s great to see the stock market closed today...

19p passed..

Afternoon all. Sitting with cash ready to spend but everything I own is is in the red so would rather wait until this particular crisis has petered out or at least diminished! May not hit the bottom but where the bottom is going to be is anyone’s guess.. only consolation is we are all in the same boat. ..very leaky and slowly sinking. Hehe

Been watching and very wary of buying into a rise as I have been caught numerous times over the years. The market is a mess at the moment and perhaps best to wait until the corona settles....

Three and a half weeks ago this was 600p. Takes very little to move it.. always been a very volatile share and agree that it has held very well considering the market..

Over at Berenberg, analysts hiked their target price on animal products retailer Pets At Home from 210p to 300p on Monday, noting the group's new management team had transformed both the company's fortunes and investor perceptions.

Berenberg said it was "increasingly confident" that Pets At Home will be able to "outperform current consensus expectations" but did state that its sum of the parts evaluation did suggest that potential was already priced in, to a significant degree.

"As a result, although we are positive about the outlook for Pets, we maintain our 'hold' rating," said Berenberg.

Covering their bases somewhat but positive news...

Not looking great this morning...

Coltrane out of the equation now..., shorts down to 4.65% now.

And again on the 10th. Down to 5.33% now